Nidoking (Aquapolis 150)

Nidoking   ニドキング Nidoking

Illus. Hironobu Yoshida

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Nidorino Card name Nidoking Type Colorless HP 100 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Aquapolis Rarity English card no. 150/147 Japanese expansion Wind from the Sea Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 088/087 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Nidoking.

Nidoking (Japanese: ニドキング Nidoking) is a Colorless-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the Aquapolis expansion.

Card text

Crystal Type クリスタルタイプ

Whenever you attach a , , or basic Energy card from your hand to Nidoking, Nidoking's type (color) becomes the same as that Energy card type until the end of the turn.

Poison Horn どくのつの 20

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Rolling Thunder ローリングサンダー 50

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If tails, this attack does 10 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness or Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Pokédex data

Nidoking - Drill Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
034	4'7" (1.4 m)	137 lbs. (62 kg)

Trivia

Due to an error, the types of colored Energy mentioned in the Crystal Type Poké-BODY of English-language cards do not correlate exactly to the types of colored Energy in the attacks. and match, but appears only in the Poké-BODY and appears only in the Rolling Thunder attack. It was ruled to play the Poké-BODY as if the were actually a to keep the power in line with the attack.

Origin

Poison Horn is an attack that first appeared on Weedle from Expansion Sheet 1.

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